G20 police hit man who dies of heart attack!

The police operating on the day of the G20 summit were on "high alert" but some seem like trigger happy characters about to be let out as jack-in-the-boxes. The Guardian has obtained footage of a policeman giving an innocent bystander a two-handed push to the ground. This man subsequently died of a heart attack.

As the policing of London, and elsewhere for that matter, comes under scrutiny again, it seems that there are officers who are "up for it". The footage may not be conclusive but it does show a man being violently pushed to the ground. No doubt the officer who did it is rueing the day.

Policing violent demonstrations is not an easy thing, but I have my doubts that the police behaved in an exemplary way throughout. The media has reported that some heavy handed tactics were used in places. We want firm but fair policing, not some replica of a stormtroopers' convention.

The result is a grieving widow, the IPPC delving into it all, and a very unpleasant after effect all round. Mr.Tomlinson, the man who died, was just walking home. If only that was all that happened!